Steven Wilson Staircase Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Automaton drone
You're lost with no phone
And the home you made your own
Can never be paid for
The great in the small
The rise and the fall
(And you come back for more)

[Verse 2]
The need to belong
And the will to do no wrong (no wrong)
The ones that you lost
Abandoned or crossed
Will haunt you
[Verse 3]
Plagued by poor health
But you stockpile more wealth
Congratulate yourself
A sense of proportion
An act of extortion
There's too much distortion

[Verse 4]
You sink in stages
As you're approaching middle ages
(You're up to here in debt)
Insidious tech, you're up to your neck
Why don't you give it a rest?

[Solo]

[Bridge]
A train set, a cold war threat, a prison
A poison nest, a chrome cassette, division
The blue and white, a power strike, a girl you like
The daylight fades, you feel your way, daguerreotype
A train set, a cold war threat, a prison
A poison nest, a chrome cassette, division
The blue and white, a power strike, a girl you like
The daylight fades, you feel your way, daguerreotype
[Hook]
Ah-ah-ah-ah, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ah-ah-ah-ah, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ah-ah-ah-ah, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ah-ah-ah-ah, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ah-ah-ah-ah, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ah-ah-ah-ah, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

[Verse 5]
The power of nature
And the oppression of strangers
(The consequence of dread)
A barbarous brain
A dominant strain
You'll never win this game

[Solo]

[Outro - The Harmony Codex]
It seems I'm miles above the surface of the Earth
(It seems I'm miles above the surface of the Earth)
I can see across the whole of London and beyond
(I can see across the whole of London and beyond)
Ships and thunderstorms at sea and beyond
(Ships and thunderstorms at sea and beyond)
A trillion stars in a billion galaxies
I gaze out across the millennia it took the lights from these stars to reach the Earth
I close my eyes
(I close my eyes)
And breathe
I came here searching for something
(I came here searching for something)
But I don't remember what that thing is anymore
(But I don't remember what that thing is anymore)
Did I dream you? Or are you dreaming me now?
As your waking thoughts gradually take over
As all dreams are ultimately forgotten
And lost...
(And lost...)